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Mamiya RZ67 Lenses
Mar 17, 2023 17:10:45   #
sabrejet
 
For those of you that have a Mamiya camera, do you know of source for good lenses?
Thank you

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Mar 17, 2023 17:16:05   #
sabrejet
 
Sorry, did not finish my question. I have had to return two that were new ones. Both had a lot of dust and fungus.

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Mar 18, 2023 01:40:18   #
Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN
 
Ebay sellers in Japan. The equipment I have bought from them has always been nearly immaculate.

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Mar 18, 2023 14:16:13   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
Darkroom317 wrote:
Ebay sellers in Japan. The equipment I have bought from them has always been nearly immaculate.


Absolutely.
They seem to give best descriptions and seem far more honest than American sellers in my experience.

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Mar 18, 2023 14:51:42   #
sabrejet
 
I returned what was a never used(it looked like it was never used) lens back to a American dealer, because it had fungus and a lot of dust. To see the dust I used a flash light. The other one went back to Japan, same story.

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Mar 18, 2023 15:18:40   #
Architect1776 Loc: In my mind
 
sabrejet wrote:
I returned what was a never used(it looked like it was never used) lens back to a American dealer, because it had fungus and a lot of dust. To see the dust I used a flash light. The other one went back to Japan, same story.


ALL lenses have dust.
If you had to use a flashlight to almost see any, that is normal.
Fungus is a different story and all adds seem to say fungus.
Perhaps you are seeing separation of elements etc. not fungus.

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Mar 18, 2023 17:32:36   #
sabrejet
 
Two techs saw the one lens from Japan and said, fungus.

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